Dumb Fish

So on my mom's property there is a little stream that runs through it. Andrea was over here and we went by the stream and saw this large fish in there. We thought how cool we would be if we could catch it! Andrea first attempted with her bare hands and would have succeeded but was grossed out by its sliminess and dropped it. We then got this crate and I used a plastic toy shovel to keep the fish moving forward. We were out there literally an hour trying to catch this fish. It kept swimming away but then would come right back. At first we thought this fish was pretty dumb to keep coming back, but after awhile I started wondering if we were the dumb ones. Was the fish just taunting & laughing at us? But at the end, we concluded that it was indeed a dumb fish!



By the way, we didn't eat it. It was returned to the stream, and it swam away quickly out of sight. Finally.

Costco, Sam's Club, Mall, Restaurants

We were excited to have Papi visit us for a week in May. I think the title summarizes what we did when he was here. This is ritualistic. We do just that everytime he comes to visits without fail. I really believe his favorite place in the world is Costco! We don't go there just once when he is here, but literally every single day! By the time he leaves, I swear we have everything at Costco memorized and have had our shares of samples to last a lifetime. Anyway, we had a lot of fun with him, got fat, and the kids didn't want him to go; especially since he would bribe Kaleb with Matchbox cars if he would simply eat his lunch. After he left, Kaleb after every meal would tell me that he ate all his food so now gets 4 cars! I don't think so!

Papi has joined the world of Skype so now the kids can call him anytime from the computer for free! I don't know if I love this--Papi, after talking to Kaleb, told me that I needed to get 5 cars for Kaleb because he had told Kaleb on the computer that he would get them for him. Ahhhh!

Kayden's Birthday

So my family was gone to New York, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, etc (the Church History sites) so it was just us for Kayden's birthday (May 30) and our good friends (the Nielson Family). Kayden is now officially a terrible 2--but has been that way since 9 months. He is plain crazy! We started singing Happy Birthday and he just cried and told us to stop. He doesn't like anyone to sing. It's pretty funny.
I think his favorite gift was the thermos thing that we gave him. You might think that is an odd gift, but Kayden (as you can see from the pictures above) always takes around ours so thought why not give him his own!

So I ran out of wrapping paper, hence the reused girly bag. I don't think Kayden minded though.

Excavation

Yeah! We are digging! Check out our "Home Page" link!

The Switch

Sometimes I think I have too much time on my hands. I've always wondered what I would look like with blonde hair and blues eyes and what my mom would look like with dark hair and brown eyes. With Adobe Photoshop one does not have to wonder anymore! The possibilities with that program are endless! So here is the switch, and well . . . It doesn't look good! My mom would kill me if she ever looked at my blog. She looks like a druggy and I look like I've spent too much time in a tanning room. Needless to say, I don't think I'll be changing my hair color anytime soon. I wonder what I would look like if I switched faces with my 16 year old brother! hehehe

Playing Together!?!

What!?! Kaleb & Kayden not watching movies AND playing together! Yes. . . It is true! It's a miracle! I thought I'd hurry and take some pictures before they started fighting. I think these pictures will be nice to have to show them when they are older and fighting that they use to "always" play together! ;)
This took them quite a while to build which is why it is amazing that they never fought. They even put their cars back to back so it completely covered the tracks. Kaleb made me count them--90 cars total! (Most are Mitch's and my little brother's old cars)

Easter

Not the best picture of Kayden or Mitch, but that Bunny Rabbit sure looks cute!

We went to good ol' Roosevelt for Easter and had lots of fun! (Thanks Shan and Dave for letting us come!) We even got to see the Easter Bunny at the grocery store! Unfortunately my kids were super scared of it. . . and I think Mitch was a little scared too. I told him to scoot over closer to the bunny, but I guess he was too shy! :) Kaleb wouldn't get within 20 feet (not kidding).

The weather was really nice there and the kids had fun playing outside--we really haven't gotten out much before that weekend so that's where they wanted to be all the time. Mitch's parents even put on a little Easter Egg Hunt. The kids were really excited about it.

Kaleb had fun hunting with his dad, cousins, and uncle Mike. They especially had fun getting stuck in the mud! While they were hunting, the girls watched a movie. While watching the movie Kayden disappeared--we found him next door on their front porch! Those darn latch door handles (is that what they are called?) Anyway, Kayden can't open normal door knobs.

I didn't take any pictures besides that one--batteries died! So I thought I'd put pictures of Kaleb from a couple of years ago... I can't believe how much he has grown! I don't know what happened to last year's pictures! Anyway, I need to get better with taking pictures, but for now, I'll just relive my past! :)

In the middle picture (above) Kaleb has his hand to his forehead--he is searching for eggs!